About me
Hello I am a mother and grandmother, my eldest beautiful daughter was murdered on the 10th September 2008 along with another friend by someone Julie knew for 20 years, not sure how long Struan knew the murderer, they were brutally murdered, the murders were horrific, a heinous crime to say the least, my daughter had been hacked with a butchers meat clever and also possibly a machette, twenty two times and Struan thirteen times, (they both had defence wounds on them), and set on fire, only DNA could determine if it was our Julie, the person always said how he adored Julie, they caught him within hours, he has yet to go to trial, he should never be released as he is a danger to the public, he will do this again, he has already served 3 years in prison, for attempted murder, and grievous bodily harm, the coward stabbed the victim (another friend) over thirty times, he had a small knife that's why the person survived, the victim was asleep at the time, what a coward, and was out of prison six weeks, still in another state (Queensland), and came to Canberra, only 10 days in Canberra Australia when he committed the murders. The committal will start on the 22nd July 2009 and will go for about eight days, some of the committal may be closed to public, as this is a very serious crime, Canberra is a small state compared to others, it is the worst double murder case to ever happen in Canberra, and the police don't want hysteria with the public or media. The committal went for five day's, and was an open court, magistrate Beth Campbell said she'd heard enough and McDougall had a case to answer. UPDATE MONSTER HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO TRIAL FOR TWO COUNTS OF MURDER AND ARSON, WILL GO TO COURT 17th OF SEPTEMBER 2009, TO DECIDE WHAT DATE IT WILL BEGIN. UPDATE THERE IS A DATE FOR TRIAL, 5TH OCTOBER 2010. We now have to wait yet another year because the Supreme Court has a back log. My only hope is that the laws be changed in Canberra, and the new laws include Julie's and Struan's murders, as no one has been charged with murder for eleven years, not that it hasn't happened, they (murderers) only get manslaughter, the norm for manslaughter in Canberra is seven years, sometimes much less, what a disgrace, manslaughter is supposed to be twenty years, no other state have that law where you have to prove premeditated murder, only intent in other states, maybe because it's the Capital of Australia, they like to sweep things under the carpet. GOOD NEWS! LAWS FOR MURDER CHANGED TODAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2009, I hope and pray to god the new laws include Julie and Struan's murders. That's all I think about, getting justice for Julie and Struan, they were completely innocent of any wrong doing.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND CANDLES.
Julie Sarah Tattersall has a memorial garden on another site created by Belinda Tattersall, Julie's sister, I have two daughters living, Belinda, Amy and my grandson James
thank you
Marilyn
